In closing, Robert Heinlein has presented us with an extraordinary look at not only the flaws of our society, but also the ways from which we can improve. Needless to say, many will find this book a misguiding, fascist (as has already been pointed out), pro-military look at life that merely glorifies war and doesn’t show it’s dark side. I argue that this could not be further from the truth. If we would simply open our eyes and not be afraid of finding out that we may actually be wrong, it is amazing what we might find. Heinlein is very straight forward in his beliefs and it is true that he feels the military is a valuable asset of our society, but this does not undermine the value of his statements. I can only hope that his prophecies of our democratic society collapsing because of its own blind beliefs will refrain from coming about. We are our own worst enemy.